Division Chief - Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine UNC SOM
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The Division Chief leads the Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, providing strategic, clinical, academic, and administrative leadership. The role advances research, patient care, medical education, faculty development, and quality and safety initiatives. The Chief oversees clinical operations, faculty recruitment and development, divisional resources, partnerships, and compliance, while enhancing access to pulmonary and critical care services.
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Division Chief - Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine UNC SOM
A global higher education leader in innovative teaching, research and public service, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill consistently ranks as one of the nation’s top public universities. Known for its beautiful campus, world-class medical care, commitment to the arts and top athletic programs, Carolina is an ideal place to teach, work and learn.
One of the best college towns and best places to live in the United States, Chapel Hill has diverse social, cultural, recreation and professional opportunities that span the campus and community.
Position Summary:
This Open Rank faculty position will serve as Chief of the Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine and will hold an at-will secondary appointment as Division Chief. The Division Chief provides strategic, clinical, academic, and administrative leadership for the division and is responsible for advancing excellence in research, patient care, medical education, faculty development, and quality and safety initiatives across pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine.
The Chief reports directly to the Chair of Medicine and works collaboratively with division chiefs, departmental leadership, UNC Health, and School of Medicine leadership to advance the intertwined missions of the Department of Medicine. Key responsibilities include overseeing clinical operations; promoting research, scholarly activity, and innovation; recruiting, mentoring, developing, and evaluating faculty; managing divisional resources; fostering multidisciplinary partnerships; and ensuring compliance with institutional, regulatory, and accreditation standards. The role also includes enhancing access to high-quality pulmonary and critical care services while supporting excellence in complex clinical care, education, and research.
We seek a nationally recognized physician leader with a strong record of academic achievement, clinical excellence, and leadership experience. Successful candidates will demonstrate sustained productivity in basic, translational, and/or clinical research; creativity and passion for academic leadership; exceptional communication and interpersonal skills; and a proven ability to manage a multifaceted academic division. Candidates should possess the judgment, vision, and collaborative leadership style necessary to inspire confidence, support faculty success, and advance innovation, education, and patient-centered care.
Minimum Requirements:
MD Degree
Requirements:
Board certification in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine. Demonstrated leadership skills, excellent communication skills.
Our Primary Purpose
Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.
Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.
To Apply: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/327652
Contact:
Sheila Barnes, Physician Recruitment Specialist
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
How this job compares
Set against the 13,822 open Physician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- North Carolina median$240–350K/yr55 salary ranges
- US median$105–125/hr1,703 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 377 open Physician jobs in North Carolina and 13,822 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- UNC Health Care (this employer)137 open
- Novant Health92 open
- HCA Healthcare30 open
- Experience
- Physician postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (1,629 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a doctorate or professional degree; 6,777 of the 13,822 open Physician jobs (49%) ask for a doctorate or professional degree.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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